Qiao Xing and Xiao Zhu, brothers of the same father and mother.

Both of them are from the lineage, and both have the right to inherit the status of the head of the Xiao family and the supreme ruler of the Plateau State.

It stands to reason that the two of them are rivals competing for the ultimate inheritance, but these two brothers have always had a close relationship, not only have they never had the idea of brothers fighting for power, but they even cooperate with each other to form a win-win pattern.

Of course, this win-win pattern was shattered after Qin Lin appeared.

At least Xiao Zhu is not destined to inherit the position of ruler of Plateau State.

Originally, the two brothers had a good discussion, one to be the king of Plateau Prefecture and the other to be the king of Lishan.

If the two brothers can occupy two of them, they will have enough strength to kill the Wei clan and completely complete the unification of the Western Continent.

They are not ambitious, but it is a pity that people are not as good as counting.

Qiao Xing sighed deeply.

"There is a real need to send more Shadow Slayer from the Plateau State. ”

He agreed to the Great Elder's proposal.

Then he drew up the content of the book of the flying pigeon.

At the end of the letter, Qiao Xing hesitated a little.

He was thinking about whether it was necessary to let Yuan Lie and Yuan Yan also come to Lishan.

He didn't know that Yuan Yan had been abolished by Qin Lin, and there was no longer Yuan Yan's soul in this world, only the body occupied by phantom energy was still wandering in the world.

"To deal with that monster, I'm afraid the Yuan brothers are indispensable, but I don't know if my father is willing to let the Yuan brothers come to Lishan. ”

Qiao Xing was a little worried.

Because from the very beginning, the head of the Xiao family, that is, Qiao Xin's father, did not agree with Qiao Xing's involvement in Lishan.

After all, Lishan's power is not to be reckoned with, and the head of the Xiao family is also worried that it will be self-defeating and provoke Lishan to be hostile to Plateau Prefecture.

However, Qiao Xing insisted on going his own way, and Xiao Zhu also helped Qiao Xing a lot behind his back, so that Qiao Xing successfully colluded with Qiao Bai, pretending to be an adopted son to enter Lishan, and then established a rebel force.

The current plan was about to succeed, but it was blocked by a giant bear.

Qiao Xing was not reconciled, and he finally noted in his letter that he hoped that the Xiao clan would send the Izugen brothers to help.

The letter is written, and the pigeon flies.

And at this moment, the black armor guards underground were invited to report.

"Report to Mr. Qiao Xing, the giant bear in front of the pavilion lord's territory is building fortifications, and the guards of the Praetorian Guard have looted our arsenal, as well as the houses, and even the kitchens of several post stations along the way have been ransacked. ”

"What! they're going to take food from us!"

Qiao Xing was annoyed.

The weapons depot was robbed, Qiao Chu was not worried, because there were weapons depots in every general affairs pavilion, and the main garrisons of the Black Armor Battalion were in the mountains and forests, so there were many weapons in the mountains and forests.

Therefore, food is a more important strategic material in comparison.

Qiao Xing was originally prepared to besiege the territory.

He will deprive the land of food and water, and starve to death.

But now that a large amount of food has been looted, and fortifications have been built in front of the territory, it is obvious that this is a protracted war.

"Damn the Praetorian Guard, send the order, bring the archers to harass them from a distance, they build fortifications, we will go and tear down the fortifications!"

Qiao Xing roared and gave the order.

The guard raised his head sharply and looked at Qiao Xing in horror.

"This, this ......"

The guards did not dare.

They have seen the horror of the giant bear.

In the mountains and forests, a giant bear can slap a row of trees, and if this terrifying force were to slap on the guard, the guard couldn't believe what kind of meatloaf effect it would be.

"What is this, do you want to disobey this son's order!"

Qiao Xing glared at the guards.

At this time, the Great Elder who was beside him stood up with a look of panic.

"Young Master Xiao Xing, let's wait for reinforcements from Plateau Prefecture to come, and then attack......"

"What are you afraid of, old thing?" Qiao Xing turned around, fierce.

The Great Elder shuddered.

He is the great elder of Lishan, and he should be respected, but he also understands that at the moment, Lishan is Qiao Bai and Qiao Xing, and behind this is the infiltration of the forces of the Plateau State.

"It's not that the old man is afraid, it's that we really can't resist the giant bear right now, didn't you just escape from the clutches of the giant bear, Xiao Xinggongzi?"

The Great Elder trembled, and although he was afraid, he still used his habitual tone of "education".

He continued: "Besides, the current strength of the Black Armor Battalion is only so much, we have more than a hundred dead and hundreds injured this morning, but there are zero casualties on the Pavilion Master's side, we will lose badly in this battle!"

"You don't need to educate my son, my son has his own measure. ”

Joe type Shen.

In fact, he also admitted that the Great Elder's words were reasonable.

This morning's battle did defeat him miserably, but he has always refused to admit defeat, how could he lose his momentum in a defeat.

Besides, he died in the black armor camp of Lishan anyway, and he was not distressed at all.

Staring at the guards kneeling in front of him, he asked: "What are you still doing here, why don't you go and send orders and gather a thousand archers for Ben Gongzi, Ben Gongzi will not believe it, and you can't kill them if you harass them!"

Anyway, he's going to attack strongly.

The guards had no choice but to pass on the news of the death.

The Black Armor Battalion summoned a thousand archers, but the morale was ...... There should be no such thing as morale at all.

The archers, with gloomy faces, came out of the mountains and forests like walking corpses, heading towards the castle.

In the past, the busy castle is now in ruins after the end of the world, and many buildings have been destroyed by giant bears transporting timber back and forth.

The archer looked at the collapsed building, and the scene of the giant bear running wild in his mind came to mind, and his nerves tensed to the extreme, and his feet began to stiffen and could not move.

"Let's go back!"

Someone in the middle of the guard shuddered.

This time, a team of archers was organized to harass the Pavilion Lord's territory, and Qiao Xing did not lead the team.

He didn't want to be frightened by the bear anymore, so he only let the black-armored guards send him to his death.

"Go back, if we go back now, we have to be skinned and cramped by Qiao Xinggongzi!"

Another guard trembled in response.

They have fallen into a tragic situation where both horizontal and vertical are dead

The guards had no intention of fighting, and some even came up with the idea of escaping from Lishan.

This is a completely feasible idea, at this time the internal chaos of Lishan has been completely stopped, so it is definitely not difficult for the guards to take advantage of the chaos to escape from Lishan.

It's just that once they leave Lishan, their jobs will be lost, and it's really unwilling to think about it.

"Hey, don't think about it, we still honestly obey Qiao Xinggongzi's orders to harass the territory, if you see a giant bear, then run early, may the lord bless us to run." ”

After some inner struggle, the guards had no choice but to continue their stiff steps towards the territory.

Hiding behind the broken wall, the guards saw from a distance that the "city wall" of the pavilion lord's territory had been halfway built.

The bear lifted its huge trunk and plunged it to the ground with ease, and the guards reinforced it with rattan to form a thick wall.

"It's so fast, it's all open space when I came in the morning, and now there's a wall!"

Cold sweat broke out on the guards' foreheads.

Truth be told, they have no room for harassment at all.

Where should the bow and arrow go?

Shoot at the bear?

"Go back and tell Qiao Xinggongzi, their walls have been built, and we can't harass them at all!"

"No, just Qiao Xing's dog temper, maybe he will make us charge, let us break through the city wall, like that...... We're dying faster. ”

"Yes, yes, we can't go back now, it's a moment to delay. ”

The guards of thousands of people are like lost lambs, hiding in dilapidated buildings, not knowing what to do.

At this time, within the territory, Qin Lin came to the giant bear and watched the city wall erect, quite satisfied.

"Very well, at this rate, we should be able to have the walls enclose our territory before dark. ”

Qin Lin was very satisfied with the progress.

The guards were also very happy, and they were very busy.

Qin Lin: "Surround the city wall tonight, and we will build a few more guard towers tomorrow." ”

"Yes, yes. ”

"Welcome..."

Qin Lin turned around and said to the guard in charge of patrolling behind him: "You don't just patrol within the territory area, now that the castle is empty, you have to expand the patrol area to the entire castle." ”

"Huh? Why is that?"

The guards were puzzled.

The purpose of patrols is to see if any suspicious people are approaching the territory, so as to better protect the security of the territory.

If you expand the scope to the entire castle, it seems that the meaning of protecting the territory will be lost.

However, Qin Lin smiled: "Presumably, someone will soon take refuge in our side from Qiao Xin's camp, we will erect the city wall now, they can't get in, so we have to go out and have a look." ”

"What does that mean?"

The guards still don't understand.

Qin Lin explained again: "Send troops to patrol the castle, and if you encounter black armor, ask them if they want to surrender. ”

"How do you ask this, as soon as you meet, you will definitely fight. ”

"If they have the intention of surrendering, they will not fight immediately, they will start fighting immediately, and if they do not surrender, then the patrol will immediately withdraw to the territory. ”

Qin Lin's voice was not discussing, but ordering.

The guards obeyed, but they always felt that this was unreliable.

Or maybe they didn't think that the guards of the Black Armor Battalion would take refuge in them, after all, the Black Armor Battalion and the Praetorian Guard had never been on good terms.

Fifteen Praetorian Guards formed a castle patrol and walked out of the territory with doubts.

"You guys, will the Black Armor Battalion really take refuge in us? I always feel that Qin Gongzi is thinking too much this time. ”

"Yes, Qin Gongzi's strength is indeed remarkable, but after all, he is only a teenager, and he still doesn't understand the hearts of people in this world, how can that group of self-righteous guys in the Black Armor Camp take refuge in us. ”

"The Black Armor Battalion hates our Praetorian Guard Regiment to the core, if you find that the situation is wrong, you will quickly withdraw to the territory, don't fall in love with the war. ”

Patrols are on each other.

Their steps were relatively easy, and in the face of the empty castle, they had a kind of victor's pleasure

On the other side, the black armor hidden in the dilapidated buildings were like great enemies, and they were full of bowstrings one by one.

"Do you want to release arrows?"

The eyes of many black-armored archers were fixed on one person.

This rao is burly, with a beard on his face.

"Old cow, are we going to release arrows?"

The guards called the bearded old cow.

Lao Niu is one of the oldest foremen in the Black Armor Battalion, and he is also one of the few characters in the Black Armor Battalion who has the strength of medium martial arts cultivation.

He breathed heavily, and his heart was full of hatred.

Hate whom?

Of course, he hated Qiao Xing.

Because he knew it was a battle to lose.

At this point he could order the archers to shoot, and he could guarantee that the fifteen members of the patrol would be shot into a hornet's nest.

But what about after that?

After that, the giant bear went berserk, and the Praetorian Guards in the pavilion lord's territory rushed out and dismantled the thousand brothers under his command.

"Don't let go of the arrows, put away the bow. ”

Lao Niu finally gave the order.

His heavy breathing eased a little after the order.

"Brethren!"

Lao Niu turned to Hei Jia and said: "You have been following my Lao Niu for many years, you should know that my Lao Niu is a straight man, my Lao Niu did not participate in this morning's battle, but I saw the brothers who were supported, I hate, obviously a good Lishan, why do you have to fight a civil war, whose fault is this!"

This made the guards stupid.

They never thought about who was right and who was wrong, and for a while no one could answer.

Lao Niu: "The real king of Lishan is the pavilion master, and he is the relatives of the Kong clan! I don't know about the things before, I only know that when my old Niu came to Lishan twenty years ago, it was the Kong pavilion master who led the development of Lishan, and there was nothing to do without him Qiao Xing Qiao Bai!"

Lao Niu showed his attitude, and he asked again: "Whose fault is it that caused the civil war situation now?"

The black-armored guards looked at each other.

They already knew that it was Qiao Xing Qiaobai who was wrong, but they didn't dare.

The old cow was angry: "A bunch of fools!"

Then, he walked to the edge of the ruined walled building.

He concluded: "I'm going to negotiate with the Praetorian Guards, if they are willing to accept the surrender of my old cow, I will surrender, if they don't accept, it doesn't matter if my old cow dies, anyway, Lishan has been destroyed, and my old cow doesn't want to see the brothers in Lishan kill each other." ”

With that, he jumped from the ruined building to the figure and came to the patrol.

The patrol was originally walking at a cheerful pace.

The sudden appearance of the old cow really startled them.

But with their rich combat experience, the patrol was still stable, and when they quickly drew the long knife at their waist, they were ready for battle.

"Huh...... Isn't this an old cow!"

The patrol immediately recognized the old cow.

After all, he is an old guard, although he is a member of the Black Armor Battalion, but the Praetorian Guard has also dealt with him.

At the same time, the patrol team immediately realized that Lao Niu was here, and the troops of the Black Armor Battalion must also be here.

"Old Niu, are you trying to ambush us?"

The patrol questioned.

Lao Niu nodded and responded: "Originally, I could indeed tie you into a hornet's nest, but ...... My old cow really doesn't want to see the Lishan brothers get along."

"Oh?"

The patrol was surprised.

Then they saw the old cow reach out and hold the saber at his waist.

"What do you want to do, old cow, if you dare to draw a knife, we will kill you immediately. ”

The patrol threatened.

In fact, the patrol's nerves were already tense at this point.

Lao Niu is in the Black Armor Battalion, but his strength is definitely not lower than that of any member of the Praetorian Guard.

He deserves the title of "Elite Film".

It's just that he is a person who values love and righteousness and refuses to leave the Black Armor Battalion, so he didn't get the honor of being the elite of the Praetorian Guard.

"Don't worry, I'm here to disarm and surrender, not to fight you. ”

The old cow pulled out the knife at his waist and held it on the side.

The patrol will be suspicious.

Until the old cow did pull out the long knife, he threw the knife on the ground.

"Are you really going to surrender?"

The patrol was hard to believe.

Rather than them unimagining Lao Niu, it was better for them to imagine that Qin Lin had guessed correctly.

There are really people in the Black Armor Battalion who have come to surrender, and they are the most affectionate in the Black Armor Battalion, and the most unlikely to betray the old cow of the Black Armor Battalion.

"I'm going to surrender, but I also have demands, and if my demands can't be met, then you can kill me. ”

Lao Niu downplayed life and death.

The patrol also put away their long knives at this time, and they still respected Lao Niu's character.

"You should know that the general of the defeated army does not have the right to make demands, but ......"

The patrol team looked at the old cow seriously, and continued: "However, for the sake of you being the old cow, you can make a request. ”

"Thank you!"

Lao Niu gave up, "My request is very simple, I hope that the brothers of the Praetorian Guard will go directly to take off Qiao Xin's head, and don't let him blindly command and let the brothers kill each other." ”

"This ......"

This is a bit of a big request, and the patrol team has no authority to agree to the old cow.

However, they could feel that Lao Niu hated Qiao, and they could also feel that Lao Niu really felt sorry for the guards of the Black Armor Battalion.

"Old Niu, you can talk to Qin Gongzi, if he is willing, it shouldn't be difficult to take off Qiao Xing's head. ”

Patrol.

"Qin Gongzi?"

Lao Niu was stunned, "Who is Gongzi Qin? The current commander of your Praetorian Guard Regiment is called Gongzi Qin?"

"Well, it's Qin Lin, you should have heard of this name!"

The patrol reported Qin Lin's name.

They didn't notice Lao Niu's expression at this time for a while.

It was definitely a look of horror.

"What? The commander of your Praetorian Guard Regiment is actually Qin Lin who trespassed into the General Pavilion before and fought against your Yiqiong Guard?"

Although Lao Niu did not experience the battle that happened in the Tongwu Pavilion, it can be called beyond the limits of mortals.

But he could still see the red light bursting in the clouds outside, as well as the column of water that Iqiong's formation had cast.

Suddenly, his footsteps took a few steps back.

He turned to look at the ruined building, where there were a thousand black armorers.

At this time, the black armor has also revealed their figures, and they are no longer hidden.

Each of them had a frightened expression on his face, or an expression of fear after realizing it.

"Brothers, this battle can't be fought, the commander of the Praetorian Guard Regiment is Qin Lin, we can't win this no matter what!"

The old cow was frightened.

The Black Armor had already heard the conversation between the old cow and the patrol, and at this time they also deeply understood what a terrifying figure they were fighting against.

"Don't fight, don't fight, we surrender!"

The blackarmers laid down their bows and arrows, and all surrendered.

The fifteen patrol members were really thrilled at this moment.

In front of him were a whole thousand archers.

They couldn't imagine how miserable the thousand archers would have died if Lao Niu hadn't proposed to surrender.

And on the contrary, how shocking is the surrender scene of Qianrao.

The patrolman's expression was frozen for a few moments before he reacted.

"You, you're all going to surrender?"

"Yes, surrender!"

Lao Niu responded on behalf of everyone.

"Good, good. ”

The patrol returned to the territory with a thousand men.

At this time, the Praetorian Guard Regiment patrolling outside the territory in the distance had already seen a piece of black armor slowly approaching.

They didn't know that Hei Jia had surrendered, and they couldn't help but tense their expressions.

"Prepare for war, prepare for war, the Black Armor Battalion is coming!"

As the sound of the Praetorian Guard's preparations for battle sounded, the siren shouts connected from front to back were like beacons, quickly spreading throughout the entire Pavilion Lord's territory.

Qin Lin also heard the voice.

Standing on top of the stone tower, his eyes looked at the lineup of black armor in the distance.

"This isn't for war!"

Qin Lin looked at the scattered way of the black armor, it was completely like a walk after a meal, without any order.

If this is to come to war, it is equivalent to coming to die.

"Don't panic! they're here to surrender!"

Qin Lin shouted from the stone tower.

The Praetorian Guard who heard Qin Lin's voice was a little embarrassed.

They really couldn't believe that the people of the Black Armor Battalion would come to surrender, but since Qin Lin was like this, it was not easy for them to put up a defensive battle formation, so they could only watch as the Black Armor guards approached the security cordon of the territory.